The Mitchell Institute was delighted to host a Panel discussion on 12 March 2024 in the US Congress in Washington, DC.  'Building Peace and Economic Opportunity in Conflict-Affected Societies: Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process' was Chaired  by Mitchell Institute Director Professor Richard English.  Institute Honorary Professors of Practice Jonathan Powell and Avila Kilmurray offered wide-ranging and insightful reflections, as did their fellow panellist David Donoghue, who was the Irish head of the joint Anglo-Irish Secretariat in Belfast during 1995-99.  All three panellists were involved in the negotiations which led to the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, and the lively discussion allowed for important reflection on peace-building and the ending of conflict.